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What’s the latest info about about rock music and the most interesting and momentous events in its past? You can find it all here: breaking news, sales and airplay charts from the past, notable occasions, and our appreciations of recently departed artists and other musical figures of note
Grammy Salute to Music Legends to Air in October
This year’s Special Merit Awards recipients include Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock, Earth, Wind & Fire and more
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Meat Loaf – Jim Steinman ‘Braver Than We Are’ Update
Meat’s new album also features a reunion with singers Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito with whom he collaborated on “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
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New Frank Zappa Compilation to Be Released
ZAPPAtite—Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks collects some of his “best known and beloved compositions into one easily digestible collection”
Read MoreFrank Sinatra Audio, Video Collections Coming
Classic TV specials like Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back and The Main Event are coming to DVD and a 4-CD/DVD box set called World on a String with 4+ hours of previously unreleased audio/video footage are on their way
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Americana Music Association Names 2016 Honorees
Bob Weir and Woody Guthrie are among the honorees who will be celebrated during the organization’s 15th Annual Honors & Awards show this fall
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Bryan Adams 1996 Live DVD Release Coming
The Canadian rocker’s performance was taped July 27, 1996, in front of 70,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium during his “18 ’Til I Die Tour.” Watch “Summer of ’69”
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The Verve’s ‘A Northern Soul’ Goes Super Deluxe
Prior to the English psychedelic band’s commercial breakthrough, they were known simply as Verve. Now expanded editions of their early albums are coming
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Scorpions Live in Munich 2012 DVD Coming; New Book
The hugely successful German rock band’s final concert of their “Sting In The Tale” world tour features many of their classic rock anthems. They’re also the subject of a new book
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Lita Ford Named 2017 She Rocks Award Honoree
The founding member of the Runaways and solo artist who has enjoyed hits like “Kiss Me Deadly,” is being recognized for “inspiring today’s female guitarists”
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New George Carlin Album to Premiere on SiriusXM
A never-before-released stand-up act performed in the days before the September 11 attacks will debut on the satellite radio service and as an album
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